Verbeek and Loznitsa up for Rotterdam shorts prize

7 January, 2013 | By Michael Rosser

The Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films, part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), will feature 23 titles – including the world premiere of new works from David Verbeek and Sergei Loznitsa.

Among the competing films are world premieres by Mika Taanila (Finland), Sergei Loznitsa (Russia), Nicolas Provost (Belgium) and Guido van der Werve, David Verbeek and Erik van Lieshout (The Netherlands).

The full line-up will be released on Jan 17. Spectrum Shorts is brought together by IFFR’s short films editorial committee, consisting of Juliette Jansen, Erwin van ‘t Hart, Theus Zwakhals, Maaike Gouwenberg, Peter Taylor and headed by IFFR Programmer Peter van Hoof.

Set to be held from 24-28 January, the shorts programme will also include a tribute to Finnish filmmaker and visual artist Mika Taanila, the ‘Mind the Gap’ program of audiovisual live performances and two programmes of recent short films from the Middle East.

Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2013

Though I Know the River Is Dry, Omar Robert Hamilton, United Kingdom/Palestine, 2013, 20’, world premiere

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